In August, billionaire Andreas Halvorsen’s Viking Global filed its 13F for the second quarter of 2013 with the SEC, disclosing many of its long equity...
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August 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
It’s been some time since Tiger Cub Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital filed its 13F for the first quarter of 2013, disclosing many of its long equity...
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July 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Value investors often start by considering the P/E multiple as a measure of a stock’s “cheapness” and then evaluating the company’s potential...
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June 24 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Viking Global, a hedge fund managed by billionaire and Tiger Cub Andreas Halvorsen, filed its 13F for the first quarter of 2013 with the SEC in May. These...
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June 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Company insiders should be unlikely to buy the company’s stock unless they are particularly confident in the business’s prospects; otherwise, economic...
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June 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds, including billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group (see Griffin’s stock...
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June 13 - Hedge Funds - Comments
In mid May, billionaire John Paulson’s Paulson & Co. filed its 13F with the SEC, disclosing many of its long equity positions in U.S. stocks as...
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May 30 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Studies show that stocks bought by insiders outperform the market, with a somewhat stronger effect for stocks bought by multiple insiders (read our analysis...
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May 13 - Insider Trading - Comments
Studies show that stocks bought by insiders narrowly outperform the broader stock market (learn more about studies on insider trading). Our explanation...
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May 1 - Insider Trading - Comments
Recent filings with the SEC show that two members of Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE:COF)’s Board of Directors each bought about 2,000 shares of stock...
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May 1 - Insider Trading - Comments
We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors for a variety of purposes. First, it helps us in our work researching investment strategies...
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March 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
One way to measure a stock’s upside potential is with the PEG ratio; though this metric is dependent on analyst expectations for future earnings growth...
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March 26 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Hedge funds are always an important indicator for individual investors to follow, and this is something we harp on here at Insider Monkey. While most...
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February 28 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Andreas Halvorsen co-founded Viking Global in 1999 with two other former members of Tiger Management, the hedge fund run by legendary Julian Robertson...
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February 27 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Eddie Lampert founded ESL Investments in 1988 and has become a 3.2 billion dollar man since. Lampert is also the chairman of Sears’s Board of Directors...
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December 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
John Paulson of Paulson & Co. became famous- and a billionaire- for his short of subprime mortgage related investments at the peak of the housing...
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December 11 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Millennium Management was founded in 1989 and has since grown to $13 billion in assets under management. Founder Israel Englander has become a billionaire...
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December 5 - Hedge Funds - Comments
We track insider transactions because we believe that no one knows a company better than the people who work there. It has been shown that insiders tend...
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December 4 - Insider Trading - Comments
Investors have generally been looking down on the financial sector for some time, but our review of recent 13F filings by hedge funds and other notable...
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November 23 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Ken Griffin has worked himself up from trading options in his college dorm room to managing one of the largest hedge funds in the world. The financial...
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November 19 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Eddie Lampert founded ESL Investments in 1988 and has become a billionaire due to the fund’s strong performance; he has also become the chairman of...
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November 16 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Edward Lampert’s ESL Investments was the a top performing hedge fund during the third quarter. Overall, Lampert’s picks gained 8% during...
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October 24 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management was one of the best-known hedge funds, both for its investing success and for its ability to spawn “...
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October 24 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Credit card stocks have been on a roll so far in 2012. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) is up about 35%, and Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) has increased in value by about...
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October 17 - Stock Analysis - Comments
Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS)’s card doesn’t have as strong a brand in the eyes of consumers as those of its competitors such as Visa Inc...
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September 28 - Stock Analysis - Comments
John Paulson Apologizes to Investors for ‘Worst’ Year (CNBC) Hedge fund legend John Paulson apologized to investors for what he is calling...
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November 30 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Big Changes for Apple – Steve Jobs Dies (NYTimes) Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers...
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October 6 - News - Comments
Bunga Bunga Parties On While S&P and Germany Slash Italy’s Credit (Insider Monkey) Bunga Bunga Parties! Silvio Berlosconi, Italy’s Prime...
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September 20 - News - Comments
Capital One, ING Defend Merger (Dealbook) Capital One and ING Direct USA mounted a defense of their proposed $9 billion merger, which consumer groups...
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September 20 - News - Comments
According to WSJ, the Federal Reserve is investigating Capital One on whether its acquisition with ING will make it so large that a potential bankruptcy...
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September 12 - News - Comments
After seeing this article we decided to join the conversation about the owner of a $100 Million Capital One savings account. First of all if you have $...
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June 30 - Hedge Funds - Comments
WSJ reports that Paulson’s Advantage Plus fund lost more than 13% this month through June 10, bringing its YTD losses to 19.65%. His Enhanced...
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June 16 - News - Comments
Bill Miller was on top of the investment world just 5 years ago. Since then his $3.85 Billion Legg Mason Capital Management Value (LMVTX) mutual fund...
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February 20 - News - Comments
John Paulson is bullish on the US economy, expecting continued growth. He wrote, “We believe the U.S. economy is recovering, and we anticipate continued...
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January 25 - News - Comments
